Recorder (Jun. 1921)

THE KEuOnDEK - 1921-1930
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Tlu' Closing Exercises of the Ureat intei-est was shown in tlie re-
twenty-seventh session of the To- ports of the year's work as j)re-
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Asscmhly Hall was crowded to capa- <io\i'niors and tlic ,\d\isory ("ouiicil
city hy the students and their hidd their annual meeting, when re-
friends, who gathered for tiu' supper ports w«'re presented hy the Prin-
and annual .ioint meeting of the cipal. the Sccretai-y. and the
Alumni and Students Associatit)ns. Treasurei'.

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Tlic outstniuliiii;
fcnt lift' ol" the ses-
sion \v;is tlir ill-
(TfJisei-l size of 1 lu'
classes. Not only
was there a ureat
iiierease in tlie
rej?istration, l)ut
the larjjfe atteiid-
aiiee in liotli ('hisses. Day and Even-
iuLT. was sustained t liroiiy:hont the
wh(»lo session.

The enrolment in the Day eourse
was loU. (G2 men and HS women), an
increase of 26 over last year. The
enrolment in the Evening course was
.■}27, {So men and 242 women) an
increase of IIVZ over last year. Tlie
total enrolment was 477, (147 men
and 'V-iO women), an increase of 158
or exactly ">() per cent, over last year.
An analysis of tiiis enrolment is
interestiiifr iiiid sijxnitieant.

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Of the 150 men and women regis-
tered in this class, 53 came from
Toronto, 72 from outside points in
Ontario, 0 from other parts of Can-
ada, 10 from the Tnited States, and
I) were missionaries on furlougli
fi'om ('hina. India. and Sonlli
America.

Tlieii' denominational classitication
is as follows: .Methodist Hi. Haptist
Ii4. ri'eshyteriaii IT. .\n^lican S, Con-
gregational 1, making KXJ, or more
than two-thirds of the class from
what are aclviiowledged to he the five
major dcnonnnations. There were
also si.x other denominations repre-
sented: .Mennonite If), Lutheran 2.
Disci|»les 1, Pentecostal 3. Evan-
•relieal 1. jirethren 1. and 20 students
heloiiged to undenominational or
independent churches and nnssions.
The a\'crage age of these Day Class
stuflcnts is 27 vears.

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■VZl 1-egistered in the even-
eni'olled for both evenings

The rest were divided
'uesdav and Thursdav

Of the
ing, 202
in the week,
between the
evenings.

The Denominational connection
ol' these students is as follows:
Methodists 45, Baptists 129, Presby-
terian 50, Anglican 28, making 252
or more than three-fonrths of the
class from the major denominations.
The othei' denominations i-epresented
were, iMennonite 7, Lutheran 1, Dis-
cij)les 1, Pentecostal 12, Bi'ethren 18,
while 36 were undenominational.

When we classify the local church-
es from which these evening class
students come, we discover the fol-
lowing significant fact. The Bible
College has drawn to its classes week
after week young people from 106
ditferent churches in all parts of the
city. Of these churches, 19 are
Methodist, 32 Baptist, 25 Presbyter-
ian, 13 Anglican, making 89
churches of the major denomin-
ations. The remaining 17 are distri-
buted as follows: ^lennouite 2,
Christian and IMissionary Alliance 2,
Pentecostal 2, Brethren 3, Disciples
1, Salvation Army 1, Undenomin-
ational and Independent 6.

The lectures which this large and
lepresentative body of young people
came to hear were altogether devot-
ed to P>ibh' Study and Christian life.
They were as follows : Tuesday even-
ing: "The Parables of our Lord,"
by the Principal, and "The Person
and Work of the Holy Spirit" by
.Mr. Ilydi'. Thursday evening:

'■\(\v Testament Outlines," hy the
Pfincipal. and "Christian Doc-
trines." by Dr. Weston.

The consideration of this enrol-
ment as a whole, provides food for
reflection.

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miiy i^n Ihrii rnmr ?

Why ;ii'(' tlicsc students (•(iiiiiii^
til llif liililc ('(»ll('»ri' .' The wide-
ly i('|>i-t'st'ntativ(' fliiiractor of tlicsc
lar^'r hoilios of ( 'liristiaii y(Hiii<:'
l»t'opk', the 150 of the Day Class and
the 327 of the Evening CMass, iiMli
(•ati'S a i'onsi(Ui"a])l<' reach of in
thleiK-e. It will he noticed that tln'
lart^-est increase was amontr liaptisl
students. More than one-third of
the total nuinher in attendance cnnic
from Baptist Churches. This is due
no doubt, to some extent at least, to
the marked si)iritnal movement
whi(di has been jroinj? on for some
time in the Baptist dcuionnnation.
But the increasing attendance and
growinuf interest is not confined to
any one denomination. Neither is it
liiintcd to young peo})le without
acatlemic training. The classes of
the l)ast session have in(duded some
students from universities, and a
considerable niunbei- from high
schools. The Bil)le College still
serves and will continue to serve the
primary purpose for wliicii it was
instituted, in meeting the needs of
those to whom the regulai- avenues
of preparation for Christian service
are not open. But an increasing
nund)er are coming to whom the
regular avenues are open. They are
coming to the Toronto Bible College,
not because of anything outstanding
in its teaching or its e(iuii>ment, for
it has nothing to boast of, ])ut be-
cause of the conunanding place it
gives to the English Bil)le. Its
course of instruction and training
has been built up on the principle
that the Bible is the true organizing
and vitalizing centre of all Christian
education. It is because this kind
of ti-aining satisfies the Christian
aspirations of these earnest young
people and helps them to discover
and fulfil the purpose of God in theii-
li\es that they are coming in gi-ow-
ing nundiers to this institution.

2. ili}s CSmirBr uf ^luliii

This lc;ids us to ('(insider in the
next place the course of study.

This woi-k was cai-ried on by the
four liieliil)ers (if tlie teaching staff:
1)1'. Weston, .Mr. llanna. .Mr. Hyde.
and the IM'incipal, and two special
lecturers: Dr. Wit brow and .Mi*. W.
1*'. Darr(i(di, who gave inst I'Uction in
.Medical and l^nglish subjects re-
spectively. The aiipointnu-nt of Dr-.
Weston to the permanent staff and
the release of .Mr. Hyde for the De-
l)artment of Practical AVork by .Mi-,
Troyer's appointment as Kegistrai"
has enal)led us to complete the curri-
culum of the College. This is now
organized and cai'i'ied on as a thi-ee
years' coui'se in eight |(lepartments
as follows :

I. — Analytic and Expositoi-y Study
of all the Books of the Bil)le — four
hours a week.

II. — Special Exegetical Study of
selected Books — one hour a week.

1 1 r.— Biblical Theology— A study
of the main lines of teaching in the
Bil)le — two hours a week.

1\'. — Systematic Theology — A
study of the ordered doctrines of
Christianity — two hours a week.

V. — Religious Evidences and Bibli-
cal Introduction — A study of the
reasonable grounds for faith, the ori-
gin and transmission of the Scrip-
tures, and the history and geography
of Bible land.s — two hours a week.

VI. — Church History and the His-
tory of ^lissions — two hours a week.

VI 1.— Pastoral Theology. Preach-
ing and Personal AVork, and all that
relates to Practical Christianity — two
lioni's a week.

\'I1I. — An optional Department.
A nundiei- of othei- subjects intended
to meet the needs of special classes
of students. in(duding Xew Testament
Creek, Psychology and Logic, Christ-
ian Ethics, English, Elocution, \'ocaI
Music, and a short cour.se in Medicine.

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A (Eoiuprrhrnoiur Ciirririilum

Such is tilt' course of iiist flirt ion
nt>w provided l»y tlie IJilde Colleiic.
As a eurrieuluiii it will be jnduiow-
Icdjrod to he eoiiipreheiisive. Its
cfHcieiicy as a eourse of ti-aiiiin^' de-
pends on tile teaching al)ility of the
Stat!'. Haeli instructor shoiilii make
his suhject live hi'fore his students.
To ilo this he must make it live l)e-
fore liimsejt' hy a fresh study of it
all the time, and he imist go to his
class every day with a large margin
*of reserve from Avhieli he can draw.
This is the ideal we are trying to set
before ourselves, and while we do
not attain to it as fully as we desire.
We are grateful for tlu' divine l)]es-
siug that is resting ui)oii our eft'oi-ts.

The full course thus outlined
stretches over three years, but it is
ari-anged in sueh a way that eaeh
year the various departments supple-
ment one another, so that a student
who ean take only one year or two
gets the fullest possible benefit of
the eourse during the time spent in
the College. The (Jraduating Dip-
loma is given still to all students
who complete successfully two years
of this eourse, and twenty-seven
(8 men and 19 women) receive the
Diploma this year. The highest
value however, of the training this
course i)rovides, can only be ol)tain-
ed by taking the full three years.
That the students of the College
aj)|)i-eciate its value is shown by the
fact that an increasing number of
them, after receiving their Diplomas,
come lta(d< fo)- a third year. Out of
last's year's grathiating class of 28
students, 12 have taken the work of
the present session and will receive
post-graduate standing, while four
others took part of the work, but
were unable to remain for the whole
session.

A 3Futurp Srnrlapmpnt

We are now ready to have the
time retpiired for obtaining the
Diploma extended to three years,
liul pei-lia|)s this had better still wait
till the next important step in the
(leNclopineiit of the College is reach-
ed, when a new and larger building
will be necessary. In the meantime,
the course could l)e strengthened by
the addition of some academic sub-
jects. AVe should like to have a reg-
ular P]nglish department, including
not only such instruction as is need-
ed by those who come with very
limited educational equipment, but
also lectures in higher English and
general history suitable for the more
advanced students.

Sr. ^rifiill) QlhnmaB

Tn connection with this part of our
report, there is one special and pleas-
ing feature we should like to men-
tion. At the beginning of this month
we had the great j)leasure of a visit
from Dr. (iriflith Thomas, whose
liible lectures for eight years were
so valued a part of the College cur-
riculum. He gave us a week's
course of special lectures on "Some
Current Questions," which were
niucli enjoyed and vciy helpful. This
contribution which he so kindly
made to the instruction of the class-
room, fittingly crowned the session's
work, in which we can truly say
"the good hand of our God" has
been upon us.

AVe are thankful for the grace and
strength He has given to the mem-
bers of the Staff, who have been able
to carry on their Avork without any
interrujition from illness, and for the
interest and devotion manifested by i
the students and for the progress
they have made.

We turn now to the organized
work of the student bodv.

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rile prat-t iciil rxpn'ssion of tlic
ti'ainiiiij: tlirouf^li wliicli llic vdun^'
people arc passing iliiriii^f their
rdiirse is iiiaile tlir()ii«rli two stiuleiit
societies, one ot wliicli is concerned
with evanfrclistic woil< at home, and
tlie other with thi' missionary canse
al)road. WliiU' tlic work of these
societies is unch-r tlic supervision of
the staff, the leadi'rshi]) and direc-
tion of them is left to the students
tlieniselves. In tliis way we seek to
encourage and develop initiative, and
to discovi'r the special aptitudes of
individual students. Botli these
societies are c()Mi[)osed of the whole
student body.

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The activities of the students un-
der the P]vanfrelistic Society were
carried on in connection with the in-
struction triven I)y ^Ir. Hyde in the
class room in Personal antl Pastoral
Work. From a sumnuiry of its re-
ports we gather the following facts :

116 Sunday services were conduct-
ed by individual students in -U
churches in 5 denominations.

29 Sunday evening Gospel services
were conducted by bands of students
in 14 churches of 6 denominations.

32 ^Mission services Avere conduct-
ed by bands of Students in 3 differ-
ent missions.

5G Factory meetings were conduct-
ed by bands of students in 3 ditfercnt
places.

36 other meetings including Sun-
day Schools, Prayer ^Meetings, and
Young People's Societies were ad-
dressed or conducted by students of
the college. This makes a total of
269 meetings of various kinds, con-
ducted during the session, in addi-
tion to all the individual work car-
ried on by the students in the Sun-
day Schools and Churches with
which they are separately connected.

The Recorder

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'i'lic Hospital N'isiloi's of the 10\an-
gelistic Society wei'c not able to do
as extensive work as in some fonie-r
sessions because of cei-tain restric-
tions made upon visiting in some of
the hospitals, yet they rej)oi't 2!tS
visits nuide in 4 public hospitals and
1 169 intei-views.

In this (piiet and unobt rusixc. luit
none the less elfective way. the
students ot this institution are con-
tributing their influence year by
yeai- to the Christian forces of the
city. As one of the results of their
organized work this session, they
I't'ltoi-t ]7)4 cases of professed con-
vei-sions.

rttHBinnarii S'orirta

The Missionary Society carried on
its work this year with the help and
counsel of ^Ir. Troyer. It held 26
we(d\ly educational meetings, four of
M'hich wei'c in the form of a Mission-
ai-y Parliament, organized 7 Mission
Stu'dy Classes in which 64 students
Were enrolled, carried on a nuM'ting
for prayer autl intercession on behalf
of the missionary cause from S to 9
o'clock every Thursday mornini;
throughout the session, and wrote
(i3 letters to fornu'r stuilents now on
the foreign field.

The Society also encourages and
cultivates the ministry of giving and
it received during the year in volun-
tary gifts foi' missionary work from
students anil others attending the
College the sum of .tfioO. At tin- be-
ginning of tile session it selected four
tormer students in four dilferent
parts ot the world serving uikIci- four
of the leading Canadian missionary
bodies, and decided that the contri-
butions given during the year should
be divi<led among them. These stu-
dents represented the Hai>tist Boanl
in South America, the Methodist
lioai'd in China, the Presbyterian
I)oar<l in India, and an Interdenom-

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iiiatioiial lioai-d in At'iica. tlic South
Africa (iciu'ral Mission. Tlic So-
ciety also rci'oivcil in the same way
eoiitrihutions to the Cliinese Famine
Fund to the anuiiint of ^7^27\ m.ikiiiu'
a total of $1.07."), <;i\('ii for missioii-
ai\v purposes.

Tlie student hody always includes
a lar<re innul)er of voluutcers for
foreign service. Since the close of
hist session eight iikmi and women
from tile ('ollegc liavc left Canada
for the ^Mission field, and five others
are now under appointment. Sixty-
five students in the day and evening
classes are definitely looking for-
ward to foreign service.

4. ©utlonU

AVe cannot close this report with-
ont a look to the future. This re-
view of the past session shows what
ahnndant reason we have for thanks-
giving to God who has been leading
us and Messing us all these yeai»s.
Hut it also shows what a (dear call
II<' is giving us to advance. Five
year ago we closed the annual report
with these words: "In view of llie
conditions whicdi will confront the
Christian Church in Canada after the
war, we believe the Toronto Bible
College should be jM'epared to de-
velop its work as a testimony to the
central jdace which the Bible should
have in all true Clii'istian culture
and in all i-cal Christian work."
We an' now in the midst of these
conditions, tiiev are j)ressing upon
us. ami the lingt-j" of Cod is ])ointing
the wji.v. The Spij-it of (iod is moving
to-dav upon the heai'ts of young men
and women throughout the whole
(diundi. He is turning them towai-ds
the Bible Schools whi(di He has rais-
ed up dui-ing the ]>ast twenty-five or
thirty yeai-s. It is (lod's doing and
He has a j)urpose in it. The Toi-onto
Bible Collcgf is sui-el.v called to
share in this pui"j)ose .iiid in this

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movement. It is the only institution
of this kind in Eastern Canada. The
Registrar reports that during the
session 15:5 lettei-s of incjuiry haye
txM'ii rccci\('(| fi'om !)2 places in
Canada outside of Toronto, and from
.{1 places in the rnited States and
other parts of the world. Applica-
tions from new students for next fall
are now coming in, and already 77
students of the present Day class
have signified their intention to re-
turn. The outlook is that we shall
have larger classes than ever. All
this nu'ans a call to lengthen our
cortls and strengthen our stakes. In
vieAV of this, the Bible College now
needs two thiiigs more than ever:

1. It needs the prayers of God's
l)eople. It was begun in prayer. Its
work has been carried on in the
s])irit of prayer, and has been nuirk-
ed by nuiny answers to prayer. Its
further development still depends
upon prayei-. One of the most im-
])ortant steps taken during the year
was the establishment ])y the Board
of a montidy prayer meeting, when
the meml)ers of the Board and
Council gather to pray for the Col-
lege.

2. It needs the gifts of God's stew-
ards. The means required for the
maintenance of this work in the past
have been praciousl.v provided. But
just as the College needs more pray-
er all the time as it advances, so it
also needs more means. And just
as (lod has been raising up in answer
to prayer a larger constituency of
students, so we believe He will raise
up in answer to pra.ver a larger con-
stituency of friends. There are no
doubt nmny servants of the Lord
who would gladly share this fellow-
ship if they knew about it, and if
tliey undei'stood the place which this
institution occupies in the purpose
of (iod foi- to-day. What they need
is information.

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K.'V. T. Unnlloy llv.lo
Secretary

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side ol tlic ("<»l-
li'irr work luis Ix't-ii
jroinii: tliri)ii)j:li n
poriod ol" 1r;insi
tioii during' lln'
l^ast ycjir.

We lijivc round
it iit'ccssary and
possible to niaUi'
pi'ovisiou for a
Itt'ttci' (»t"fict' system of roeords and
tiliiiir tlian was hitherto in foree, and
tlirou^h the serviees of Mr. Trover,
we have installed desks, files, and
cabinets which meet a long-felt need.
Tlirongh the rearrangement ot the
otTiee spaee, we have also made it
possible to have thi-ee se]>arate desk
rooms, by whieh we can eany on
our business and personal inter\ie\\"s
to much better advantage, and with-
out the former interrui)t ion and dis-
traetion.

During the session we felt tlie im-
portance of ac([uainting nnnisters of
the city with detailed information as
to tlie woi-k the College is doing, and
in oi-(h'r to lU) so we pi'epared a full
statement from each instructor as to
the work of his department and had
it published in the Recorder; this we
mailed to the nnnisters with a per-
sonal message, in whicli we gave a
summary of the attendance fro?n
• aeh of the leading denominations,
and the means we were using to
equip these young i)eople for eftic-
ient Christian service. To tliese nu's-
sages we received st'veral a]>preeiat-
ive replies.

An increasing correspondence has
been carried on through the use of
an enlarged mailing list secured
from various soui'ces. by means of
which we have endeavored to bring
the merits and claims of the College
dii'ei-tlv to a lai'i^i-r nundter of peo-

pie.

Durintr the session the I'l-ineipal
TIk It'icardcr

responded to in\ilatit>ns 1o address
conferences boili in .\ew York City
and I'hiladelpliia. and also conducted
a series of studies with the b-ailers
of our local V..M.C..\. In adilition
Mr. IlaiMia and Dr. Weston addres-
sed cojderences at l\ingst(»n. .\urora.
Cookstown, and Kitchener, thus
bringing the work of tlh- ('<illei:f l)e-
fore these important centres.

A good deal of time has been given
to directinji' and advising with stud-
eids as to their personal affairs an<l
the details of theii" i)ractical work;
this has gixcn us occasion to i-ome
into close personal touch with the
students, which has woi-kid out t(»
oui' mutual benefit, in this connec-
tion, the office undertook to an-ange
proiiraiiiines for iiiissionai'y ami

otiiei" ser\ices, both ill the (iilletTe

itself, and at outside points. In
fact much oi the woi'k in the depai't-
ment of Pastoi'al Theology and Prac-
tical AVoi'k has been carried on
through the office, and its present
state of efficiency has been made pos-
sible by the fine co-optM-ation I have
had troiii my associate. .Mr. 'L'royer,
and the oihcei-s of the student orj.'an-
izations.

The attendance at the K\ening
<dasses has been nuiterially assisted
through the service of a eomnuttee
who prepared a simple lunch for the
benefit of those stuilents who come
to the College direct from business.
The luunbei- taking advantage of this
provision has been as high as 72 on
sonu' evenings, and in onler to use
the houi- fi-om 6.45 to lAii to the best
advantage, the A.ssistant-Secretary
ai-rangcd lor a series of ilhistrated
addresses, which were delivered by
lioard Secretaries, Hible Society Sec-
retaries, and others, and wei-e great-
ly enjoyed by the stuilents without
interfering with the regular lecture
periods, but rather su|)plementing
them.

Pa or Sfrn

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From the iiitrrcst ni.-init'rstcd (hir-
in^r tile piist year, and tlii' lar'^c
iiumhrr ol applications already on
tile foi- tlie next session, the i)rosi)ects
are that our present ai-eonnuodation
will he taxed to its utmost eapa'-ity.
In oi-der to maUe the most of our
lecture hall and (dass-room space,
the Boa I'd is makinj; arransrements to
re-seat the huildinir with a disk
I hair, hy \vhi(di we liape to make it
possil)le for at least -M) per cent. Miere
students to 1)1' present at one time.
242 seats not inciudintr the (lass
rooms, which will accoiiiniodate at
least l(t() moi'c. making- a total of 4r)(),
will he availahle. This will entail
an expense of ahout $2,000. most of
whi(di the Alumni Association plans
to fui'uish.

Durinjr the session the students
had o|)p()rtunity of hearing a uum-
l)er of helpful teachers and returned
missionaries, amongst ■vvhoni were
.Ml-, and ^Irs. Andrew ^lurray of
South Africa; Rev. II. AV. P'rost, of
I'hiladelphia, Mr. B. Davidson, of the
India and Ceylon Mission; Rev. Geo.
Sj>cedie, See'y I'pper Canada Tract
Society; ^Ir. (Joonasakara, of Ceylon,
India; Miss Ruth Angel, of Xew^
York ; Rev. II. C. Priest, Sec. [Mission-
ary Education Movement; Rev. A.
K. Armstrong, Associate P^oreign ]\Iis-
sion Secretary, Presbyterian Church;
-Mr.s. C. T. Studd, of Africa; Dr. Sco-
held, of Korea; Mr. dohn Hay, of
South America, and Di-. Stii-rett of
the Sudan Inti-r-ioi- Mission.

All our availa])le stu(h-nts for sum-
nu'r sup]>ly work are under appoint-
ment hy the various denominational
hoards, and in this connection the
following message of appreciation
will he of interest :

The Rev. Peter Strang, D.D..
Superintendent of Presbyterian Mis-
sions in South Saskatchewan, had

' le\-eii of our students under him
last summer. His unsolicited testi-
mony ahout their work, written to
the Principal, at the end of the sea-
sou was as follows :

"We ai-e pleased to testify to the
earnestness of all these men and to
theii- ])reaching gifts. They had a
\'ery definite message of salvation
from sin hy Cod, through the Lord
•lesus Chi-ist, and of the new heart by
the Holy Spirit. An additional fea-
ture of their work this year was that
six or seven of them, who were work-
ing close enough together, carried on
short evangelistic campaigns in a
number of centres during the sum-
iiiei-, with good success.

Their knowledge of the Scriptures
and the certainty Avith which they
delivered their messages helped
greatly to carry conviction to the
hearts of the people, and was instru-
mental in strengthening the faith of
many.''

Dr. Withrow, in addition to his
courses of lectures, has rendered
ready and valuable aid to the
Student body.

During the year 6 students have ■
received ordination by the respective
denominations, and in connection
with one of these, Mr. Cecil J. White
'14, Rev. Joshua Roberts, rural
superintendent of the Baptist
churtdies of North ^Michigan, com-
mended him for his scriptural
j^reaching, and spoke of the work'
the Toronto Bible College' is doing
ill turning out men of this stamj).

These and many other facts not
hei'c recorded, are pressing uppn us
the conviction that the time is at
hand when the work of the College*
should be put upon ji broader basis,
so as to enable it to do its best work
and nmke its full contribution to the
Clwistian forces of our Dominion.

/•-"/- Kir/ht

Tlic Bii'ordrr

alir OSra^uatulU txrrriiira

I.. N. Sirit'U.
IMi.l).

The ])iililu' scr-
vit-e of irraduatiou
was unicjuc in two
respects. Tlic at-
tcndaiict' was so
lai-iTc tliat till' caj)-
acity of till' As-
st'inhly Hall was
inaiK'quatc. mim-
hcrs of frionds be-
iiiir uiiahlo to ^'ct in. and the main
address was irivi'n hy an alununis
of the ('olle«re. a iiieiiiber of
the Hrst graduatin^r elass, Kev.
Lawrence X. Sirrell, Ph. I)., of Au-
Inirn. X.Y. Dr. Mailvay presided,
aud the devotional exercises AVere
eoiiducted by Bishop Brewing, of the
Reformed Episcopal Church, a for-
mer stluUnit. Three addresses were
given by members of the graduating
(dass : Mr. David McDonald, who
on "The Power of Choice:"'

spoi

Mr. John ]•". llolliday, on" Kindling
Fires;" and Miss Marjorie Crotliers.
on "Discovering Keality."

Dr. Sirrell's subject was "Oui- Su-
preme Authority." He gave a
thoughtful and impressive address,
showing that none of the standai-ds
of authority to whicdi men are accus-
tomed to appeal to-day, such as con-
seionee, reason or the human con-
sciousness, are final or infallible
guides. They often lead men astray.
Christ alone is our supreme author-
ity. Other religions have had much
good in them, but they cannot save.
Christianity, alone, can meet man's
need, and stand the test of time.

Forty-one students were presented
for their diplomas and eertilicates.
They Wei'c as follows:

Twenty-seven. Avho completed the
woi'k of two yeai's in the day classes,
aud recei\-ed the CoHege Diploma:

Ivy P^li/.abeth Asbton Agassi/., P.( '.

Albert Barow Toronto.

Emma Bauman AVaterloo, Ontario.

^Felinda Bechtel Ilesjxder. Ontario.

Cordon Stautt'er Cleiiuiier Waterloo. Ontario.

nerl)ert Allan (iei-rard St. Thomas. Ontario.

(dadys Evelyn Tlai! Swansea, Ontario.

Morley I\oy Ilall Tillsonburg. Ontario.

John Francis llolliday Toronto.

Isabel! Henderson Jack Cleveland. Ohio.

Jessie Christina Jack Cleveland. Ohio.

Daisy Anna Jeffery Kaiser Calgaiy. Albei-ta.

Jennie Ki'cick Deiizil. Saskatchewan.

Cyril Edward Martin Monti'cal. <,!nebec.

Mrs. AVilliam Macdomild Owen Sound. Ontario.

David M(d)onald Chesley. Ontai-io.

Helen Florence M(d)ouga]l Peli-olia. Ontario.

Catherine Emily Palmer Calgary, Alberta.

^Marjorie Ethel Palmer Stratford, Ontario.

^label Pollington Hamilton. Ontario.

Mary Janet Kadburn Matheson. Ontario.

Ewart P>ogue Smai't Ottawa. Ontario.

Janet Chri.stina Streeter Cranby. <,|uebec.

Mary Jane Tcnnant Entrlehait. Ontario.

Lueila Trombley Ilamiltiui. < >ntario.

Lydia (Jertrude AVase Toronto.

Eleanor Jovce ^^'inds(lr Toronto.

The llcrnrdcr

I'liiK \iiir

'I'w.'lvc, wild t()tjl\ ;i tliii'd yoiir of sliidy. ;iii(l wci'c .ui\cn post-uriiiluate
stiiiidiiitr :

-MicliiU'l Billrstcr Ihimilton, ()iit<ii-io.

Inez BotttM-cU ()1t;i\\;i, < )iit.ici().

Aliff Miii-jr;iri't lii-()uirlit()ii Dorioii, Oiitiii-io.

(■|ii-istiii;i Camci'on Ihiiiiiltoii, Ontario,

lilaiiclic Spi't|(liM<r ("I'ci^^cf WcllaiKl. Ontai-io.

.Ma!-.j()i-i(' l)iiMlai) Crotlicrs Willou^dihy, Ohio.

llt'vlx'i-t Alplioiiso Foster Dctj-oit, Micliigan.

ICditli Ildldci- Woodvillc, Ontario.

daiict ( ';ii'oliiii' liOiiuliurst Koscinount. Ontario.

Saiiimd Fi'anU I'a^c .Moiiti-cal. Quclioo.

I'-ditii .May Poole Hamilton. Ontario.

William (icoi-^'-c W'indsoi- Toronto.

Two momhci'.s of tile Kvcnin^' Classes who linislied tlii-et^ years' work,
and received eertitieates.

Kilwai-d Ilaiicox. .Mildred Sarii'eant.

iFtnmtnal i>tatrmput
3Far ^car n\h'\m\ April JDtb. 1921

^rrripta txprnapB

( 'onti-ihutions .^li.T^iS.lil Debit balance hroui^ht t'oi--

Fees })2().()0 ward at .Mav 1st. 1!)2() ^ 174.4.")

Jut.-rest 2,042.2.') Salaries 11,015.00

For maintenance of Hall . . 8.")6.00 Stationery and supplies. . 577.89

Parsons Memorial Lecture- Pi-intin"- 7.35.89

shij) 2.4!)!)..')0 Advertising 155.96

Transfer from special ("oal 915.00

funds 2.500.00 Light 125. ,54

( las 10.00

Total $15,056.36 Water 8.3.31

Telephone 70.95

(i round r(>nt 282.33

Kepairs and I'cnewals . . . 229.28

Insurance 95.00

Lihrarv Fund 50.00

Sundi-ies 424.30

IJalaiice in hank at April 30,

1!I21 25.9(i

Total' -tl .5^056.36

Audit>-d and tound coi'rect ;

St. UirrrMii. dins. N. ^hrnstottP.

Treasurer.

I'lijH Ten The Ihcorder

IFinit Animal Aluimit (Xmifrrnur

I'll!' S|)cciill ( '{(llti'lfllff ot* irrad- Sp:'iM;iI llllli'lic(»|i ;il linoli oM l<'ri(|;iy.

Uiitt's lifld iindt'r tlif auspices of tlic the sessions t(»ok on added intri-est.
Alumni Association nioi'c than justi- 'I'lie vai-ious papers i-ead and I'ol-
tied itself in tlu' eyes of those \v!io lowing; discussions indicated in no
wore ahle \o atteiul. From tlu^ uncei-tain manner the loyally of oui-
openinuf devotional address «riven l)y <rra<luates ,itid llicir continued in-
Principal McNicol to the close of the teresl in the iiiainl cnauce and exten-
sion ol' tile \V(u!< of the Colieir".

Annual fUrpttng nf ^tn^^nt^i* ABsnrtatiini

The 'I'hirteenth Ainiual .Meeting (OtltrrrH

was hi'lil on Thursday, Ai)ril 2Sth. IM-csidcnt.

1!»21. ;J60 guests were present at j^..^. Dixon A. Uurns. It,

supper, with Principal ]\leXieoI |)re- .-.. .a- ,, • , .

. J.^ , ,. ,, .^ , ',. rirst \ ice-lresulent.

sulinir. and. lollowin'r praver bv Dr. ,, m .• i

,, , . . \, • . -Mr. .Martin Lo\c. Oh
.Mackav. reports coverui^' the vear s

work were presented hy the 'eaders ^'•'•<^"<' \ K-'-Picsulcnt.

of the various stvulent orirajii/.ations. •^''■^- ^^ • ^^ • ^'"''•th. '2(i

The roll-call of ^'raduates and for- Secret ai-y-Ti-easui-er.

nu'r students revealed the fact that ^fi"- Hei-lii'il L. Trover. "(Ml

members of practically all the

twenty-seveu classes were pi'esent. (CuunrillurB

The Principal's report, as given ^j;^^ ,,,.„,,;,. ^,.,^^^

in anotiier coiumn. wdl indicate the ai. v^ m in

, ,, ,. .' . . , , Mv. S. V rank Page,

range oi the activitu^s carried on bv m- -vi;. \, , ^ , ♦

,, '^ ^ , , . . ^, . • .\li.ss .Mddred Sargeant.

the students durintr the session. ai.. i.^ i,.. in

r,,, ^ ^ , ,. ^, •Mr. hdwai-d llancox.

1 he twenty-seven mend)ers ot tlic

1921 (Jraduatins; ("lass were \\t'\- i,-. x-x^ ; iv. c ♦! <^'+ i * •

, . ^ xi x- 11 1 ■ 1- .1 '■'-^ otricio. as othcers ot the Students

eome(l nito the lellowship ot the /<,,.. ;<

. , . . • 4.- 1 4.1 1, • 1 X < ouncii :
Alumni Association bv the President.

Dr. Erb. ' .Mr. .lohn K. lIoMiday. "21.

The following ofticers and council- .Miss (Jrace L. Pearce. "22.

lors Averi^ elected for the ycai- ending ^liss Ida Prubaclier. '22.

April :JOth. 1022: ]\Ir. Norman Harrington.

Jlrrsinial

Kev. Elwood Heaslip has accepted Kev. Ilany W. Power ('17i was

the pastorate of the I'nion Church at ordained to the (iospel ministry on

St. Ola. Ontario, and Mrs. Ileaslip. :\!aivh 14. lf)21. in the Sj)arta Baptist

also a member of last year's class ('hurch, of whi(di he is Pastor,
has left for his field.

ileri)ert A. Foster, a gratluatc of
Kenneth Prior ('20i. who s|)ent last year's (dass who has just corn-
last year at the Ontario Agricultural i)leted his jiost-graduate year, has
College, (iuelph. has been appointe<l accepted a call to tiie pastorate
by the Home Mission Board of the of the Fii'st l^ai)tist Church.
Presbyterian Chuivdi to a summer (colored >, Chatham. Ontario, and
pastorate at (Jrand Prairie. .\lta. has alrcatly entered upon his work.

The Efconler I'ntir Klrrcx

Krank P;i<r<' i -(h iind Micluit'l riM-ciitly iiuii-ricd to .Mr. II. L. l';ir-

liillcsti'i- I, '20), I'otli of whom sccur- I'isli. of Black Lake, (^uchcc.

«mI tlu'ii- post-trradiiafc standing tl>'s

year, have Ihm-u api)oiii1t'd l)y tlif ( lordoii Clciiiiticf ( '-1 > lias accc])!-

"lloiiic .Mission lioanl of the r.aptist <'«1 ihc lciii|)orai'y pastorate of the

riiioii of \V. ■stern Canada as evan- .Mciinoiiitc CIiuitIi at Sclkick. Out.
frelists at lar^'e in the Peace River

district. Theii- i)i-esent addi'ess is Hohert (J. Simpson has been aj)-

('laremont, Alta. pointed to a student i)astorate in

Saskatchewan under the Home ]\Iis-

Kiixht students liave i-eceived ai)- sion Board of the Presbyterian

poinliiu-nts under the lloiiie Mission ('hufch.

Board of tlu' Presbyterian Churidi.

and are aetin«j as student pastoi-s Mr. .\ustin Edwards has l)een ap-

for tile sunnner nu)ntlis in the fol- pointed by the liaptist Home Mission

lowing; districts in Saskatchewan. P.oard of Manitoba, to a summer pas-

Ewavt Smart ('21). Windhoi-st. torate.

Alfred Fieldus. Kendal.

Cyril Martin ( '21 . ( ilenavon. H('\-. Au-tistus A. Wilson {'V-V)

l/oliert Wilson. .Maid<ota. <>'" t'urlou^-h after one term of serviee

Daviil .M(d)onald ('21i, Crane under the South Africa General ^Nlis-

V-jU^.y sion. was ordained to the (Jospel

(dadstone Franklin. Coiiander. ndnistry in the Annette Street Baj)-

Alfred Price, Hare Hill. tist Churcdi, Toronto, on April 19th.

K'iehard Oliver, Fir .Mountain. 1!*21. and is now en route to his field.

The Home Mission Board of the 'i^'n' ne.xt and 28th Session of the

Baptist Convention of Ontario and Colh'^e eommences on Tuesday, Sep-

t^uebee have appointed the followiim' tembei- 2(lth. 1!)21. Those who in-

students to sunnner mis.sion fields. tend to eni-ol toi- the first tinn^ should

Morley Hall ('21), Capreol. Ont. seeui-e a|)plication forms immediate-

dohn F. Hollichiy ('21 i. Dorion !.v I"";!' the i^'tiistrai-. The Calen-

Station, Ontai'io. •''"' ^\''" '"' ^eiit to all loi-mer stud-

Walti'i- K. dames. I'ahnerston. Ont. ''"ts whose addresses we have.

Klmer Loney. Inlet. gnel)ec. I'lease note the chanjje in the re^is-

' t ration fees, which will be -tS.OO a

,,,, , , , T, ,, ,. , , , ,, session.

I he Assenudy Hall ol the ( olle^re

was the scene of a very pretty w.'<l- ,,,.,,^,^ svmpathv is felt for .Mr.

dm- on the aiterno.m ot 1 hnrs.h.y. ^^.,.|^,,,, B." Martin*, whose wife died

May .,tli. when .Miss Eleanor doy.-e ,,„|,,,.„i,. ,,„ y^.^^. ^Oth, after a verv

Wn.dsor. a n.cnd.er <.t this years ,,,.5^,,. j,,-^,^.^^ ^j^s. Martin took the

frraduatm^' elass wa.s unite.l ,n mar- ,.„„,.^,. ,,^. ^^^^^^^, ^^.-^^ j^^^ husband,

na-e to .Mr dohn d. lujberts. ],. .„„, „.,..,auated with him in the

aslor ot the liaptist ( liurches at sprin- of 1920. Since tlien tliev have

liothwcll. /„ne (entre and Kui.he- been laborinp- with much .sueee.ss and

""''■ biessinj>- in the Mennonite Mission on

Danforth Avfnnie. Mrs. Martin was

.Miss .Mary dibson. i'>..\.. a student ;i dexoted Christian woman, and will

witli lis dnriiii: the last tei-iii. was be nrc;i 1 1\- missed.

I'd, I, Tir.lr, j],f. Tueordcr